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I likely would not be as passionate about whisky as I am today if it weren’t for peat. In my early days as a whisky drinker, I constantly looked for it and associated it closely with Scottish whisky. It does not surprise me when I hear a new whisky drinker…
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The Kilkerran warehouse tasting stayed with me long after I wrapped up my Scotland trip. I admitted last week that, after the initial disappointment of a cask failing to meet my expectations, the experience felt like honesty, the kind that you only come across in single casks. I left the…
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The day of my Campbeltown visit, after the Cadenhead Blending Workshop, was focused on Kilkerran, in particular the warehouse tasting. The walk from my hotel to the distillery had almost a ritualistic nature. Walking first past Springbank’s distillery shop and the Washback bar brought a strong sense of familiarity. The…
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If someone had told me I would be having the luxury of trying six Springbank Cage Bottles side by side, when I started this blog 30 months ago, I would have probably laughed. Six of the bottles that many whisky aficionados dream of owning. If I were lucky, I might…
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There is a question I like to ask at whisky festivals, and which I used extensively at this year’s Independent Spirits Festival. Not what is your best seller, or what should I try first. But: what are you excited about today? What would you choose to drink? The answers tell…
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Today’s review of the Thompson Bro.s Mystery Malt, a 29-year-old Speyside Distillery from Batch 1, marks a major milestone. It is the final chapter of what the original Road to Dram set out to do. To share my exploration of whisky. From my first steps to where I am now,…
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While I was writing today’s post, I went back to a post I wrote almost two years ago. It seems yesterday, time really flies. In my review of the original Caol Ila 12, I wrote that Caol Ila is“…a great gateway dram to dive into independent bottlings [due to] the…
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Today’s Independent Bottled (IB) Whisky review of the Signatory Vintage Edradour 10, from the Un-Chillfiltered Collection, comes with a little quiz. If an independent bottler owns a distillery and bottles that liquid under its IB brand instead of as a distillery bottling, is it still really an IB? Should it…
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After a bit of a break following my 12 memorable whiskies of 2025, it is time to officially start my 2026 reviews, diving back into some Independently Bottled whisky. Today I am reviewing the Watt Whisky Dailuaine 11 years old. Outside of the lone Flora and Fauna release from Diageo,…
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It is that time of the year. The time when everybody in the whisky sphere declares their favourite bottle of the year. And just like last year, I refuse to reduce a year during which I tried close to 200 whiskies in a single bottle. Or three, if you want…
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